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jon: and i'm jon scott. we are here in the fox newsroom and "happening now," brand new numbers in the race for the white house. "the wall street journal" poll shows tea party favorite michele bachmann is surging. jenna: she's not the national leader, though, that title goes to mitt romney. jon: he gets 30% of the republican voters surveyed who say they are likely to vote in the primary, but bachman has 16% in this poll, a strong showing compared with the 3% she had just a month ago. that was before she officially announced her presidential bid, but here's another interesting twist. take a look at that, texas governor rick perry who habit even decided on -- hasn't even decided on a white house run comes ahead of all the other announced candidates, he is in third at 11%. jenna: the gop hopefuls criss-cross iowa today gearing up for the all-important straw poll which can make or break a campaign. jon: and joining us now, chris stirewalt. straw polls, how much should we make of them, chris? >> it's a real big de
jon: and i'm jon scott. we are here in the fox newsroom and "happening now," brand new numbers in the race for the white house. "the wall street journal" poll shows tea party favorite michele bachmann is surging. jenna: she's not the national leader, though, that title goes to mitt romney. jon: he gets 30% of the republican voters surveyed who say they are likely to vote in the primary, but bachman has 16% in this poll, a strong showing compared with the 3% she had just a...
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jon: all right. what about the tarp money? joys b. wants to know isn't there tarp money left? where is that going? jeff? >> well, i mean there is this larger issue of where i do disagree with steve moore on the nature of a fiscal policy. i think that the tarp was not fiscal stimulus, the tarp was to rescue the banks, and there is a lot to be said about that. relative to where we were two and a half years ago we came out pretty well on the banks. relative to where we were two and a half years ago when the economy was in free fall we are doing pretty well. we are averaging 800,000 jobs per month two and a half years ago. the current job situation, well, you know, bad, it's nowhere near as bad as then. steve said about a normal recovery, this is the third recovery in a row where the job market has lagged behind. the job market isn't lagging behind any worse this time than the previous two times. it's a really bad recession. >> i agree with a lot of what you said. if you look at this recession compared t
jon: all right. what about the tarp money? joys b. wants to know isn't there tarp money left? where is that going? jeff? >> well, i mean there is this larger issue of where i do disagree with steve moore on the nature of a fiscal policy. i think that the tarp was not fiscal stimulus, the tarp was to rescue the banks, and there is a lot to be said about that. relative to where we were two and a half years ago we came out pretty well on the banks. relative to where we were two and a half...
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jon. jon: molly henneberg in washington, thank you molly. in just a bit we will get reaction fromra freshman senator elected with a good deal of tea party support, wisconsin republican ron johnson joins us with his thoughts about all this. we want to hear from you. today, we are asking, if there is no debt deal, where should the money go first, military, social security payments, medicare? log on to foxnews.com, click on the you decide link, cast your vote and you can see how others are voting as well. also, leaving a comment. heather: research for suspects going on in india right now, security forces are sifting through evidence from yesterday's triple bombing that rocked the country's financial capitol of mumbai. a top government minister says that investigators are looking into every known hostile group, but so far, no arrest. national correspondent catherine herridge is following this story from washington and has the very latest. >> reporter: this morning, indian officials say they have no claim of responsibility, they have no serious i
jon. jon: molly henneberg in washington, thank you molly. in just a bit we will get reaction fromra freshman senator elected with a good deal of tea party support, wisconsin republican ron johnson joins us with his thoughts about all this. we want to hear from you. today, we are asking, if there is no debt deal, where should the money go first, military, social security payments, medicare? log on to foxnews.com, click on the you decide link, cast your vote and you can see how others are voting...
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jon: and i'm jon scott. dramatic new developments in that debt standoff in washington, and we are all over them. president obama speaking just moments ago urging republicans and democrats to reach some kind of compromise. he's warning the u.s. will lose its top credit rating if it falls into an unprecedented default. jenna: and it could lose that rating anyway. that's something we've been hearing a lot this week, that despite some of the decisions made in d.c., we could still see a downgrade. now, the political standoff as we know it is escalating this hour. a senior gop official, a house aide, i should say, telling fox news that house republicans will pass their debt plan today. we thought that yesterday. we'll see if it happens today. a bill that senate democrats say is dead on arrival, though, as they move ahead with their own debt limit bill setting up a showdown vote really for this weekend. ahead of that host of your world, neil cavuto, is live on capitol hill with his observations about what's happeni
jon: and i'm jon scott. dramatic new developments in that debt standoff in washington, and we are all over them. president obama speaking just moments ago urging republicans and democrats to reach some kind of compromise. he's warning the u.s. will lose its top credit rating if it falls into an unprecedented default. jenna: and it could lose that rating anyway. that's something we've been hearing a lot this week, that despite some of the decisions made in d.c., we could still see a downgrade....
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jon. jon: james rosen in washington. jenna: some of the top news items of the day, we have a whole lot more stories to get through. court action in the case of amanda knox. today's hearing spells out big problems with key evidence in her trial. how it affects her appeal just ahead. the debt drama, what is really going on at closed-door meetings aeupd at reaching a deal and will the president and lawmakers hammer out some sort of agreement before the deadline eight days away. patti ann is live at.com wall with three videos. >> reporter: three really hot tapes today. you have to go to foxnews.com and click on the happening now tab. the first one is moose on the loose. you might want to see a very interesting video of this moose wandering around shaking things up in idaho. earth u.s. open, not gulf or tennis, the u.s. open of sand castle. these are not just taking a pale and dumping it upside down, trust me. if you want to see these videos they are really good you'll want to vote for that one. a 14-year-old gets behind the
jon. jon: james rosen in washington. jenna: some of the top news items of the day, we have a whole lot more stories to get through. court action in the case of amanda knox. today's hearing spells out big problems with key evidence in her trial. how it affects her appeal just ahead. the debt drama, what is really going on at closed-door meetings aeupd at reaching a deal and will the president and lawmakers hammer out some sort of agreement before the deadline eight days away. patti ann is live...
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jon? jon: wendall, despite the warnings of what happens if country's borrowing power isn't increased, that new fox poll that suggests most people are against it, right? >> reporter: and it's not even close, jon. 60% of the respondents to the fox poll don't agree with the idea of raising the debt limit, and you can begin to understand why when you look at some other questions in the poll. most people, 55%, don't believe that failing to raise the debt ceiling would lead to a financial catastrophe. less than 40% do. this despite warnings from republicans and democrats that the first-ever default in u.s. history could lead to a global recession. meanwhile, the president's job approval rating still stuck below 50%, and it's slightly behind his disapproval rating though with a margin of error plus or minus 3%, they are statistically even. jon? jon: wendall goler at the white house, thank you. jenna: more action today on capitol hill where right now the senate banking committee is holding a heari
jon? jon: wendall, despite the warnings of what happens if country's borrowing power isn't increased, that new fox poll that suggests most people are against it, right? >> reporter: and it's not even close, jon. 60% of the respondents to the fox poll don't agree with the idea of raising the debt limit, and you can begin to understand why when you look at some other questions in the poll. most people, 55%, don't believe that failing to raise the debt ceiling would lead to a financial...
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jon: thank you. julie: republicans are feeling the pressure to sign a pledge getting the national debt under control. the plan calls for spending cuts, a spending cap and a balanced budget. big names in the gop have signed on the dotted line. molly henneberg is live to tell us more. >> reporter: this is sponsored by a number of fiscally conservative groups and it asks lawmakers to cut cap and balance, cut federal spending substantially, cap federal spending in an enforceable way and pass a budget amendment -- julie: we have to interrupt as we bring you breaking news. dominique strauss-kahn we kr-pbt seen a grin on his case. he has been released on his own recog nance again as he walks arm and arm with his wife amid a media circle. the french media in particular are loving this story today. from the very beginning there had been a lot of speculation that not only was the maid story completely false, jon, but in fact there was some sort of conspiracy theory because he was a frontrunner to run against n
jon: thank you. julie: republicans are feeling the pressure to sign a pledge getting the national debt under control. the plan calls for spending cuts, a spending cap and a balanced budget. big names in the gop have signed on the dotted line. molly henneberg is live to tell us more. >> reporter: this is sponsored by a number of fiscally conservative groups and it asks lawmakers to cut cap and balance, cut federal spending substantially, cap federal spending in an enforceable way and pass...
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jon? jon: yeah. and some of our chatters are wondering when this is going to hit the consumer market, you know, can i buy one of these things and scan anybody i want to? >> reporter: you know what, interesting? facebook is looking at it and google, also, to allow you to take a picture of someone and do an immediate google search to get any other information on them. so your chatters are up to speed, jon. jon: that is a brave new world. jamie colby, thank you. >> reporter: take care. jenna: breaking news of the day, and we have more big stories throughout the hour including a big rule anything the case of the former police sergeant who keeps losing wyomings. what -- wives. the case of drew peterson and how it could impact his murder trial. >>> also house speaker john boehner reworking his debt deal. this as the clock ticks closer to that default deadline. six days away, can a deal be struck in time? we'll go in depth just ahead. you could save a bundle with geico's multi-policy discount. geico
jon? jon: yeah. and some of our chatters are wondering when this is going to hit the consumer market, you know, can i buy one of these things and scan anybody i want to? >> reporter: you know what, interesting? facebook is looking at it and google, also, to allow you to take a picture of someone and do an immediate google search to get any other information on them. so your chatters are up to speed, jon. jon: that is a brave new world. jamie colby, thank you. >> reporter: take care....